farri

I would like to see a whole heap of things, but more regulation probably isn't one of them.Each of us brings our own qualifications, experience and beliefs to RAAus and my hobby horse is safety management systems, reporting, no-blame accident investigations and open discussion of mistakes to facilitate learning.

 

There is an emerging trend towards the prosecution of pilots following an accident (Yogyakarta for one and there was one in NZ in the last few years) that makes openess and full investigation harder to achieve. There is also a real fear of authority in "private" aviation (GA and RAAus) and good outcomes are being lost because people are scared of admitting mistakes.

 

RAAus has become enough like GA already but I will ask you this - do you think RAAus will be allowed to continue expanding upwards (in weight and capability) and outwards (in membership) without more controls?

 

We are all being careful about public perceptions and political fallout and we are constantly being told that the organisation and its liberties are under threat. But what will the political fallout be when there is a series of accidents and it is shown RAAus didn't do all that it could?

Frank.

Hanger Rash,

Better than (Jock Rash).

Had a fly in the Jab,a few years ago, fast little aircraft.

I need to hold the nose down on final,in the Austflight Drifter, to maintain 50kt IAS and in the Jab we had to hold the nose up to maintain 60kt IAS.

Still love the drifter for fun though.

Cheers,

Frank.

Ken,

After posting last message,I had a look at Savannah photos in the RAA mag and picked up the folds you mention,should have solved it.

The 701 has excelent stall characteristics,and if the Savannah has an even larger wing,it should be great.

As a very long time Drifter owner and pilot,I have the privilage of excellent visibility and that`s one of the things that can be poor in some cabin aircraft.

Hope it all goes well for you.

Cheers,

Frank.

Savannah.

Kenny,

I`m not familiar with the Savannah,But if it`s anything like the Zenith 701,and I think they are similar, it`s good .

I`ve done quite a few hours in a 701 and I call it," A lazy mans aircraft",I find it very easy to fly and handle,the thing I most dislike,is that because it has large flat panels it rattles a lot,this can be improved however.

The one I have been flying has a Rotax 912 and that gives good power but they can take a Rotax 582 if the extra power is not required.

Regards,

Frank.

Gee whiz,aren`t you lucky to have a wife who wants to fly with you.

Don`t let her learn to fly,you may have to take co pilots seat.

cheers.

Redair,

Havn`t got a good argument as to why the extra cost, yet.

The fact that it`s only $55 has nothing to do with it.

Frank.

Graeme,

Are you refering to the aircraft that Bill Stark of Townsville was building,if so, Bill passed away a few years ago and I think the project was put on hold.

I`ve flown an Austflight Drifter on floats and it was great,the problem with aircraft on floats is that if they are used on salt water, the maintenance required is high.

Cheers,

Frank.

Pete.Bess,

I built my own aircraft,from scratch,back in the mid eighties.

I used to sit up there and couldn`t believe the magic of what I`d done.

There`s nothing like it.

Cheers,

Frank.

You know, i spend most of my time in the GA world, infact im the only RAA instructor (who isn't also a GA instructor) at a very busy airfield with quite a number of schools.. So you can imagine the reception i sometimes recieve.Without putting to fina point on it, most seasoned instructors look down on a low time instructor like myself and add to that that i teach in "toy planes" and respect is a hard thing to come by.. And getting free advice is simply unheard of.. If i was to approach an instructor from another school with a problem, the response would be less then pretty.

.:thumb_up:

Been there.

Keep in mind that respect is earned not demanded and I`m not sugesting for a moment that you are demanding it.

The student is paying for your service,give the student the best service you can and you will get respect.

Instructing sorts out the men from the boys.

Frank.:thumb_up:

just building on on tony's good work here's couple more:In promulgating your esoteric cogitations or articulating your superficial sentimentalities and amicable, philosophical or psychological observations, beware of platitudinous ponderosity.

 

Let your writings demonstrate a clarified conciseness, a compact comprehensibleness, no coalescent conglomerations of precious garrulity, jejune bafflement and asinine affectations.

 

Eschew all conglomerations of flatulant, bloviated vapidity, jejune babblement and asinine affectations

 

Let your extemporaneous verbal evaporations and expatriations have lucidity, intelligibility and veracious vivacity without radomontade or Thespian bombast.

 

Sedulously avoid all polysyllabic profundity, pompous propensity, psittaceous vacuity, ventriloquial verbosity and vaniloquent vapidity.

 

Shun double-entendres, obnoxious jocosity and pestiferous profanity, observable or apparent.

 

sorry folks i know its the wrong section but could'nt help put a cut and paste job

I LOVE IT,

I LOVE IT,;)

Tony is correct, however,... hhoww manny oof uss we6t to righting schwl tho.

We should have a section devoted to writing instruction and Tony could be the instructor.

Frank.

Ps, No pun intended,Tony.

Tony,

Just thought of something else.

The guy that I mentioned about, saying he was going to be sick, went on to decide to build his own aircraft.

I`ve seen it and it looks ok,he calls it scratch as he built it from scratch,it`s at the test flight stage,he has used quite a few inovations of his own but doesn`t know how they will go.

I know the guy well,but he only came to me for a TIF many years ago and he has been to 2 schools that I`m aware of but still doesn`t have any certificates yet.

Do we have another statistic here?.

Frank.

Ps, I`m sorry this is off the mark to Dracers original post.

Turkey gobbler.

Tony,

I know,Iwas just having a bit of fun,got a laugh out of it.:thumb_up:

Regards,

Frank.

Hi,Just saying hello. I am 70 yrs young. Just bought an Avid Stol. Now I have to learn to fly her.

David S

Great to see someone so young coming on board.

Don`t wory about the flying,flying is easy it`s hitting the ground that`s hard.

Cheers,

frank.

G'day Frank,I knew what you meant and my - poorly expressed - point was about your last comment: Because the performance of many of our aircraft is so good why do we want to operate in the area that "...allows very little room for error"?

 

Mike

Exactly,and I always pointed it out.

Frank.

It would appear to be unjust, but the AUF started out with 95-10 single seaters and there are a few other single seat planes. Maybe the charges should be brought to the same figure and the cost of a passenger carrying certificate increased, while a non passenger carrying certificate stays the same.Really I am a bit surprised that people whinge about paying $55 and so many of them post here questiond about which expensive gismo they should put in their plane.

Of course I have a vested interest in this as I fly a single seat plane.

I issued passenger carriage endorsements and I can tell you that it`s just a signature on a form once the CFI is satisfied.

What has whinging got to do with it,I simply want someone to justify the extra cost.

I`ve been going a long time now and if we don`t try and control the costs that we get nothing for,where is it going to end.

You can pay the extra $55 for me if wish.

Frank.

so my neighbours cow is covered but not my passenger.?

If you want your passenger covered, you need to find your own insurance.

Check it out with the RAA.

Hi Guys,

I can tell you for a fact that the passenger is not covered in any way by any insurance from the RAA and that third party cover is the only insurace we have and it is included in the membership fee.

$110 rego for a twin seat.

Frank.

G'day Frank,I always wonder how short we want to make things anyway! Most of our a/c (perhaps the Jab aside) are pretty solid short strip performers - on or off within 200m. So what does a short strip mean? I always land early and try to have my speed well under control anyway.

 

Just a thought.

 

Mike

What I`m refering to is what is technically known as,a short field landing, where one comes in with a high nose attitude to reduce ground speed, minimum IAS and plenty of power to controll sink rate,this allows very little room for error.

Frank.

"A recreational aircraft may only be used commercially, for the purpose of instruction".

As recreational pilots we are not allowed to derive an income from our aircraft,only the flying schools can do so,however, those of us who own twin seat aircraft must pay $220 initially and $110 renewal for rego. while those with single seaters pay $110 initially and $55 renewal.

My argument is that it takes no more for the RAA to keep records on a twin seater than it does for a single seater, therefore, why the difference in regrestration fee.

Is this fair and just,or are we being ripped off and should we keep paying that fee.

Frank

Tracey,

I can tell you from experience that the sky is safer than the road.

Cheers,

Frank.

Kenny,

I don`t think you`re putting the cart before the horse.

Beliseve it or not,I built an aircraft before I even knew what made them fly,then had to find out and learn to fly it,this was back in the early eighties when I was realy keen.

Cheers,

Frank.

The post started with Ewin finding gusty conditions being a challenge. You would have to be more concerned if he found them non-challenging, at 14 hour I am a little surprised at power changes not getting more mention, as I believe it's a fundamental tool in these situations, either power On or OFF as required, in a fairly positive way. Most ultralights have a good power to weight ratio, and will respond to power changes rapidly. Of course this may require rudder inputs to compensate. How many students are taught how their aircraft will respond to sudden power changes and how to control yaw precisely when the throttle is altered.

 

.

I for one did teach the use of power to control the sink rate and the effects of power changes on the aircraft.

You say," I`m a little suprised at power changes not getting more mention", What do you think we should cover ?

Frank.

Just to set the record straight, Airsick you are on the right track with respect to the CAO's but I will quote them again,CAO 95:55

 

4 General conditions of exemption

 

(b) the aeroplane must not be operated by a person as pilot in command

 

unless the person holds a valid pilot certificate and, subject to the other

 

conditions set out in this section, operates the aeroplane in accordance

 

with the privileges and limitations of that certificate;

 

(d) subject to the other conditions set out in this section, the aeroplane must

 

be operated in accordance with the requirements of the RAA Operations

 

Manual;

 

From our Ops Manual,

 

SECTION 2.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FLIGHT CREW LIMITATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PILOT IN COMMAND

 

1. No person shall act as Pilot-In-Command of a recreational aircraft operated under the provisions of CAOs 95.10, 95.32 (RA-Aus registration) or 95.55 or any relevant legislation as amended from time to time, unless that person:

 

a. is the holder of a valid RA-Aus Student Pilot or higher level Certificate, as listed in Section 2.05, issued or recognised by the RA-Aus.

 

Note: this is our new ops manual issue 6,, the current or issue 5 manual states similar except using old terminology of AUF and Ultralight.

 

Further to this I am awaiting a written reply from CASA Legal which they are in the process of writing for me now. This will be posted here in due course and also put in our magazine to clear up this issue. It has been a subject of scuttlebut for some time and I hope this helps clear the air on the issue. If you have any specific concerns then I am more than willing to take your calls.

 

Mick Poole

 

Operations Manager RA-Aus.

I`m glad that you have taken the time to take part in this post.

I`m very familiar with the requirements, as I was the First AUF CFI in the Cairns, NQLD area and ran the first school here.

The reason that I posted was not, in your words, "Skuttlebut" but to create debate due to the fact that in all the time I was running the school, and creating membership for the AUF,we were told by the AUF that we were independent operators and threrfore we had to look after ourselves, and that membership was voluntary,I dare say that this is still the case with the RAA,today.

I set out to show that this is not correct and that membership is not voluntary but compulsory and I think that you have confirmed this.

Regards,

Frank.

Landman,

I believe in flying the aircraft and not crashing,If that is what you are achieving then you are doing it right because I also believe that right and wrong are relative to the objective.

I make the aircraft do what I want it to do,theory is simply to understand why the aircraft is supposed to do it,but remember that all aircraft obey the same laws of physics.

Have fun and good luck.

Frank.

"It`s not who`s right but who`s left that counts".

Anxiety.

Dracer,

I`m in agreement with merv.

From what you have said,it appears to me that you have an anxiety issue.

There are ways to deal with this, however, your needs are yours alone and the best intentions of everyone, may not help you at all,you may need better assistance.

I can tell you that I understand completly,I had to learn to fly Ultralight aircraft the hard way as there was no legal twin seat instruction or instructors around when I started,and this is one of the things I did to help myself.

As often as possible I would meditate and visualise myself flying and remaining in the state I wanted to be in.

Each time before I went flying I would quietly sit in the hanger and visualise myself flying the aircraft and doing all the tasks that I needed to do and remain as calm as I wanted to be,enjoying the flight then landing safely.

I went on to obtain an AUF CFI rating and teach for 12 years until I retired from teching a few years ago,I encouraged my students to use visualisation and I still use it whenever I need to.

This needs to be learnt and it may not be for you but if used properly,it does work.

All the very best to you.

Frank.